Southern Ute Tribe offers $1 million matching grant for KSUT public radio station

One of the first radio stations in Indian Country is raising funds to move to a new home.

KSUT, a public radio station, needs $2.1 million for the Eddie Box, Jr. Media Center, according to its capital campaign plan. The effort has gotten a big boost with a matching grant of $1 million from the Southern Ute Tribe, The Durango Herald reported.

To secure the funds, KSUT must raise the $1 million between now and October 2018, the paper said. If that happens, the station will have essentially met its goal.

“This match has made our efforts toward a new facility that very tangible,” board president Maria Baker said in a statement quoted by the paper.